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This truck brand reigns in diecast model market

| March 23, 2013

One of the back aisles staples of the Mid-America Trucking show is the vendors of model trucks. What truck brand wins the hearts of buyers? Over the years, it's Peterbilt. That's according to Larry Black, ...

Putting agency heads in trucks makes good sense

| February 01, 2013

It happens occasionally. A government bigwig gets in tractor-trailer and does a loop around a city. The media shows up, snaps a few pictures of said official behind the wheel of the big rig, along ...

Renowned tenor proves there’s no such thing as a typical trucker

| January 26, 2013

One of the hardest things we do as people is try not to stereotype someone because of their economic status, race, religion, where they were raised or their chosen career. This is especially true in the ...

The story behind a song

| January 16, 2013

It was never a hit like “Tom Sawyer” or “Limelight,” but one of the standout tracks on Rush’s seminal 1981 album Moving Pictures is a song that should be near and dear to any motoring ...

Cool design dominates at 2013 Detroit Auto ShowImage Gallery

| January 15, 2013

There may be coyotes wandering the suburbs, but Detroit is still the Motor City – and as such, its annual Auto Show is the kick-off event of the year for car and truck manufacturers eager ...

Rocky Mountain High? Not when it comes to diesel prices

| January 11, 2013

Nationally, diesel prices have slowly inched downward in recent months – dropping a cent here and a cent there on most weeks. But in the Rocky Mountain region, the drop in diesel prices has been ...

A lease-purchase success story

| January 10, 2013

Andre Jackson Andre Jackson is a happy camper when it comes to  lease-purchase trucks. He's on his third  through a program at U.S. Xpress.  He expects to have the 2007 Freightliner Century Class paid off ...

Signs of the times: Study says digital billboards distracting

| January 04, 2013

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign? – The song “Signs” by The Five Man Electrical Band According to a recent study published in ...

What this year’s MCSAP awards say about national enforcement priorities

MCSAP award winners' violation priorities profiles suggest the federal government views a high level of on-highway traffic enforcement (versus vehicle inspections) as preferable enforcement behavior.

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Inconsistent enforcement: CSA’s heat index

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